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Young woman with ruff, turned to right

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After J. Felix Biler Dutch
Publisher Abraham Hogenberg German

1636

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Plate 7 from 'Reisbüchlein' (Little Travel Book). Portrait of a woman, nearly half-length, directed to right, looking to left; wearing a cap, ruff and ornate dark bodice decorated with ribbons on the front; after Jan van Bijlert

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Title: Young woman with ruff, turned to right

Series/Portfolio: Reisbüchlein (Little Travel Book): Twenty-four etchings (New Hollstein 148-171)

Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)

Artist: After J. Felix Biler (Dutch, active ca. 1635)

Publisher: Abraham Hogenberg (German, Cologne 1579/90–after 1656 Cologne)

Date: 1636

Medium: Etching; second state of two

Dimensions: Plate: 2 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (6.5 × 5.5 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920

Accession Number: 20.81.3.8

Chronology

Low Countries, 1600-1800 A.D.

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